Molding or trimming for buildings.



J. F. JOHNSON. MOLDING OR TRIMMING FOR BUILDINGS.

APPLICATION FILED IEZBJB, 1913.

1,065,810, Patented June 24,1913.

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JOHN F. JOHNSON, ELMHURST, NEW YORK.

MOLDING 0R TRIMMING- FOR BUILDINGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 18, 1913.

Patented June 24, 1911 3.

Serial No. 749,083.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, andresiding at Elmhurst, in the county of Queens and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements-in Moldings orTrimmings for Buildings, of which the following is a specification, suchas will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

This invention relates to moldings or trimmings for finishing theinterior of buildings and particularly to moldings or trimmings composedof sheet metal, and the invention consists of improved means forconnecting two r more parts to form a complete molding or trimming andwhich may also be used in securing the said molding or trimming to awall or other support.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of whichthe accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of myinvention are designated by suitable reference characters in each of theviews, and in which Figure 1 is a sectional view showing a sheet metalmolding consisting of two parts connected according to my invention, theconnection also serving as means for securing the molding to a wall;Fig.2 a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing a molding consisting of threeparts and my improved means for connecting said parts ;Fig. 3 a viewsimilar to Figs. 1 and 2, but showing another modification, and Fig. 4 aside and end view of the means which I employ in connecting two parts toform a complete molding or finishing strip.

In Fig. l of the accompanying drawing I have shown at athe wall of abuilding and at b a molding comprising two parts b placed together, andthe adjacent side-edges of which are provided with inwardly directedflange strips 6 and in connecting the parts b of the molding b I providea plate 0 preferably approximately rectangular in form and which may beapproximately square, or oblong in form, and in one edge portion ofwhich is formed a slot 0 having diverging branches 0 forming a centralwedge c". In the use of this connecting device c, in the form ofconstruction shown in Fig. 1 where two parts are connected to form amolding, said connecting device 1s driven onto the flange strips Z), orsaid flange strips are driven into the slot 0 and one of said flangestrips enters one of the diverging branch slots 0 and the other of saidflange strips enters the other of said diverging branch slots, and saidflange strips and the separate parts of the molding are securely lockedtogether. The securing or locking device 0 may be countersunk in theWall a, if desired, or the complete molding may be secured to the wallby nails or other devices passed through the outer edge portions thereofin the usual manner, or both of said means may be employed for securingthe molding to a wall or other support.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the plate 0 provided with the main slot 0- andwith the branch slots and a supplemental slot 0 formlng two wedgemembers 0, and the moldlng (l conslsts of four parts d 6Z3, cl

and (Z and the part (Z is secured to the part (Z or a member thereof andsaid parts are provided with two flange strips (Z and a central flangestrip (Z and said flange strips are driven into the plate 0, or saidplate is driven onto said flange strips and the wedge members 0 passbetween the flange strips 03 and d", as shown in said figure, and theparts of the molding are securely locked together.

In Fig. 3 I have also shown another modification in which two of thelooking or securing plates 0 are employed and one of these plates hastwo of the slots 0 as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, and the other has three ofsaid slots the same as in Fig. 2, and two wedge members 0, and themolding 6 con sists of two main parts 6 and 6 connected 111 L form andhaving flange strips c",

and the part is composed of two separate parts having flange strips 0and secured to the outer face of the part c" is a supplemental moldingstrip f composed of two parts one of which is provided with a flangestrip f and the method of connecting the securing or looking plates (2with the molding 6- is clearly shown in Fig. 3 and is the same as withthe construction shown in Fig. 2.

The securing or looking plate or plates 0 may be of any preferreddimensions and any desired form, and they may also aid in securing themoldings or finishing strips to a wall, as shown in Fig. 1, or themolding or finishing strips may be secured to the wall in any desiredmanner.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentis l. A molding or finishing strip composed ofseparate parts and the adjacent edges of which are provided withinwardly directed flange strips, and a locking plate having a slotadapted to receive said flange strips and provided with diverging slotsforming an intervening Wedge.

2. A molding or finishing strip composed of separate parts provided withparallel flange strips, and a locking plate provided with a slot adaptedto receive said flange strips, said slot being provided with divergingslots separated by a Wedge member.

3. A molding consisting of separate parts having parallel flange stripsand a locking plate provided with diverging slots adapted to receivesaid flange strips, and intervening wedge members adapted to separatesaid flange strips When the locking plate is driven thereonto.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of the subscribing Witnesses this 15th day of February1913.

JOHN F. JOHNSON. WVitnesses:

C. MULREANY, S. ANDREWS.

